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KCPS cancels bus contract after buses fail inspections

Kansas City Public Schools terminated their contract with Daye Transportation late Friday afternoon after the company's buses failed surprise inspections.

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Updated: 6:15 PM CDT Aug 19, 2016

KCPS cancels bus contract after buses fail inspections

Kansas City Public Schools terminated their contract with Daye Transportation late Friday afternoon after the company's buses failed surprise inspections.

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Updated: 6:15 PM CDT Aug 19, 2016

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WEBVTT Y 3 BUSES PASSED. KMBC 9'S STACEY CAMERON IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH REACTION FROM THE DISTRICT STACEY: THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS DAYE TRANSPORTATION. FIRST THE COMPANY HAD BUSES THAT NEVER PICKED UP STUDENTS ON THEIR WAY TO LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP ACADEMEY IN KCM THE COMPANY LOST 13 OF ITS ROUTES FROM THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. TODAY'S SURPRISE INSPECTION, WHICH ONLY THREE BUSES OUT OF 19 PAST COMPLETELY. EIGHT HAD SAFETY VIOLATIONS AND WERE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE DISTRICT'S NEW SUPERINTENDENT CONVENED IMMEDIATELY AND A SPOKESPERSON TOLD ME THAT IN LIGHT OF THOSE SURPRISE INSPECTIONS, KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SEVERING ALL TIES WITH DAYE TRANSPORTATION, STATING SAFETY OF ITS STUDENTS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. THEY ARE CUTTING TIES IMMEDIATELY. ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESPERSON, THE DISTRICT HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY, AND IT SAID THE COMPANY HAD TO COMPLY WITH ALL INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO DO THAT , THEY WERE TERMINATING ALL TIES WITH THE COMPANY. THAT SPOKESMAN DOES TELL ME THAT THERE ARE OTHER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES THAT THE DISTRICT WORKS WITH. THEY ARE MEETING WITH THEM OVER THE WEEKEND, TRYING TO GET PLANS IN PLACE FOR NEXT WEEK AND IN THE FUTURE SCHOOL YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS. THEY ARE ASKING PARENTS TO BE PATIENT. THEY EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME SIT -- SOME SERVICE DELAYS. THEY WILL WORK TO THE WEEKEND TO GET A PLAN OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. WE TRIED SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE HERE AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THEY TOLD US THEY DO NOT HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE COMPANY'S OWNER AND NO ONE INSIDE WOULD TALK.

KCPS cancels bus contract after buses fail inspections

Kansas City Public Schools terminated their contract with Daye Transportation late Friday afternoon after the company's buses failed surprise inspections.